Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? Examining the "green" of Green Infrastructure development

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-166

  Mell, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

built infrastructure; planning practice; urban sustainability; water management

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SITE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84872371637     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.719019     Document Type: Article

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